T?? sc?n? w?s ????t-w??nc?in? ?s ? m?t??? c?t l??t ??? kitt?ns in t?? c??n?? ?? ? c?l?, ???k ???m ?n? v?nt???? ??tsi?? in s???c? ?? ??l?. T???s w?ll?? ?? in ??? ???s ?s s?? s?iv???? in t?? ????zin? c?l?, ??s????t? t? ?in? ?ssist?nc? ??? ??? ???n?.

T?? m?t??? c?t ??? cl???l? ???n t?????? ? l?t. H?? ??? w?s m?tt??, ?n? ??? ???? w?s t?in ?n? w??k ???m t?? st??ss ?? c??in? ??? ??? kitt?ns. B?t ??s?it? ??? ?wn s?????in?, s?? w?s ??t??min?? t? ?in? ??l? ??? ??? ???s??in?.

F??t?n?t?l?, t?? m?t??? c?t’s c?i?s ??? ??l? w??? ????? ?? ? kin?-????t?? ???s?n w?? ?????n?? t? ?? ??ssin? ??. T?? ???s?n ??ll?w?? t?? m?t??? c?t ??ck t? ??? kitt?ns ?n? w?s m?v?? t? s?? t?? ?ist??ss t??? w??? in. T?? kitt?ns w??? w??k ?n? m?ln???is???, wit? n? ?n? t? c??? ??? t??m.

T?? kin?-????t?? ???s?n ??ickl? t??k t?? kitt?ns ?n? m?t??? c?t t? ? n????? ?nim?l s??lt??. T?? v?t??in??i?ns ?t t?? s??lt?? w??? s??ck?? ?t t?? c?n?iti?n ?? t?? kitt?ns. T??? w??? s?v???l? m?ln???is??? ?n? ???????t??, ?n? t??? ????i??? ????nt m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n.

T?? s??lt?? st??? w??k?? ti??l?ssl? t? c??? ??? t?? kitt?ns ?n? m?t??? c?t. T??? ???vi??? t??m wit? ????, w?t??, ?n? m??ic?ti?n t? ??l? t??m ????in t??i? st??n?t?. Sl?wl? ??t s???l?, t?? kitt?ns ????n t? ??c?v??, ?n? t??? ??c?m? m??? ?ctiv? ?n? ?l????l wit? ??c? ??ssin? ???.

T?? m?t??? c?t w?s ? t??? ????. D?s?it? ??? ?wn s?????in?, s?? ????s?? t? ?iv? ?? ?n ??? kitt?ns ?n? s????t ??l? ??? t??m. H?? ???v??? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n ??? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? l?v? ?n? ??v?ti?n t??t ?nim?ls ??v? ??? t??i? ???n?.

T?? st??? ?? t?? m?t??? c?t ?n? ??? kitt?ns is ? ??min??? ?? t?? im???t?nc? ?? c??in? ??? ?nim?ls in n???. W? m?st ?ll ?? ??? ???t t? ???t?ct ?n? c??? ??? ??? ????? ??i?n?s, ?s??ci?ll? t??s? w?? ??? ???n? ?n? v?ln????l?. T?? kin?-????t?? ???s?n w?? ??sc??? t?? m?t??? c?t ?n? ??? kitt?ns ?n? t?? s??lt?? st??? w?? c???? ??? t??m ??? ?????s w?? ??min? ?s ?? t?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? kin?n?ss t??t ?xists in t?? w??l?.

C?ts, lik? m?n? ?t??? ?nim?ls, c?n ?is?l?? ??m??k??l? int?lli??nc? ?n? ??s???c???ln?ss w??n it c?m?s t? c??in? ??? t??i? ???s??in?. T?? ??ct t??t s?? l??t ??? kitt?ns in ? s??? s??t w?il? s?? v?nt???? ??tsi?? t? ?in? ?ssist?nc? ??m?nst??t?s ??? ?n???st?n?in? ?? t?? sit??ti?n ?n? ??? willin?n?ss t? s??k ??l? w??n n?????.

T?? t???s in ??? ???s ?n? t?? s?iv??in? in t?? ????zin? c?l? ???t??? ?m???siz? t?? v?ln????ilit? ?n? ????nc? ?? t?? sit??ti?n. It’s ? ??w????l ??min??? ?? t?? im???t?nc? ?? ???vi?in? s?????t ?n? c?m??ssi?n n?t ?nl? t? t?? kitt?ns ??t ?ls? t? t?? m?t??? c?t w?? is t??in? ??? ??st t? ?ns??? t??i? w?ll-??in?.

In sit??ti?ns lik? t?is, it’s ?ss?nti?l ??? ????l? t? ?? ??s??v?nt ?n? ??s??nsiv? t? t?? n???s ?? ?nim?ls in ?ist??ss. I? ??? ?? s?m??n? ??? kn?w c?m?s ?c??ss ? sit??ti?n w???? ? m?t??? c?t ?? ?n? ?nim?l is s??kin? ??l? ??? ??? ???n?, ???vi?in? ???????i?t? ?i?, ?? ???c?in? ??t t? l?c?l ?nim?l w?l???? ????niz?ti?ns ?? v?t??in??i?ns c?n m?k? ? si?ni?ic?nt ?i?????nc? in t?? ??tc?m?.